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Transaction-based application integration in workflow management systems

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Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 1996)

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Abstract

One of the major challenges of workflow management is the integration of existing (legacy) and newly written applications. Applications are called by a workflow to execute a specific function. Because workflow executions are long-running activities, reliability of execution is a critical issue. Transactions are usually used to preserve reliable workflow execution. Although various approaches for transactional workflow execution have been proposed [WaRe91], [GHKM94], [Jabl93], [ShRu94], [AAA+96] the problem of transactional application integration into workflow execution is not tackled sufficiently yet. This paper discusses various models of reliable application integration into workflow execution. We will come to the conclusion that the deployment of an Extended Transaction Manager provides the best solution.

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  1. IBM ENC Heidelberg, Vangerowstr. 18, 69020, Heidelberg, Germany

    Roger Günthör

  2. University of Erlangen, Nuremberg Martenstr. 3, 91058, Erlangen, Germany

    Stefan Jablonski

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Günthör, R., Jablonski, S. (1996). Transaction-based application integration in workflow management systems. In: Wagner, R.R., Thoma, H. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1134. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0034701

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